LIFE AFTER GOD : LIFE AFTER GOD

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Summary: After all, there is someone else out there...
Review: There seems to be a strong corp of Coupland admirers. I am not one of these. I probably found this book while searching for morbid tautoligies in a bottle of sorts, lost on the internet, at home on my couch; Of course, I just can't remember...or bring myself to care.

For years I've been lost on a personal life raft --Todd's couch--for a low price of ten dollars per cushion per week. Not bad when you consider the alternative: swimming. Todd has a job now, and I try to stay out of his way. I sleep when Todd goes to work in the day, and I sit and read and smoke cigarettes at night, alone, in a darkness all my own. Things are just better this way. Occasionally the spectre of loneliness creeps in, weaseling its way into an otherwise serene morning. At times like these a book like Life After God can mean everything. There is someone else out there; There is someone else on the outside.

If this makes any sense to you, you'll probably enjoy this book. If you've ever spent a weekend at the kind of dive motel found in East Texas thinking about 'Life, the Universe, and Everything' you will probably enjoy this book. Life After God is one of those books you read realizing something important is being said, something deep, but you never really get what 'that' is and even weirder -- you don't really care to find out.

The book lost 2 stars because I just feel like it could have been 2 stars better, like the stars were there for the taking, and Coupland let me down.

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Summary: Catcher in the Rye, 20 years on...
Review: This book is for anyone who has reached that point in their life where they question whether there is any logic to the seemingly random series of memories they have aquired thus far. The magic of this book is missed by the editorial reviews. If you read Catcher in the Rye and then grew up, it's time to read this.


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Summary: Poignant Vignettes on life
Review: This is a good book, effective but not great. The series of stories as told by the disenfranchised narrator is filled with keen observations and poignant vigneetes, together forming a good carricature of the suburban lifestyle during these safe, post Cold War years where spirituality dwindles. I found the apocalyptic seres of vignette the most effective, as well as the relationship to the sister. The ending is a bit of a let down, as Coupland didn't really have a run up to the conclusion, it just appeared as a stretch.

Rating:
Summary: Poignant Vignettes on life
Review: This is a good book, effective but not great. The series of stories as told by the disenfranchised narrator is filled with keen observations and poignant vigneetes, together forming a good carricature of the suburban lifestyle during these safe, post Cold War years where spirituality dwindles. I found the apocalyptic seres of vignette the most effective, as well as the relationship to the sister. The ending is a bit of a let down, as Coupland didn't really have a run up to the conclusion, it just appeared as a stretch.